Window for freight box cars



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Patented Sept. 29, 1925 UNITED STATES rena- PATENT creme 7 CHARLES E.MORGAN, OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

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Application an October 6, 1924. Serial No. 741,958.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MORGAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson,- in the county ofMadison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Windows for Freight Box Cars, of which'the following isa specification.

This invention relates to windows for freight box cars. Freight box carsare now very generally provided with windows which are mounted upon theouter side of the car at the end of the same and frequently are detachedduring travel of the car so that they fall upon the-track rails andcause derailments, resulting in damage to property and frequently inloss of life.

' It is, also necessary to'secure cleats around the sides or edgesofsuch windows to ro-' tect the contents of the car from the e ects ofweather and fire and also necessary to seal the windows, and recordsmust be made of the seals at the various stopping places. of thecars. Myinvention seeks to provide Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of theend of a box car showing my improved window applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inner side of the car;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but.

showing the window arranged to' permit ventilation of the car, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectlon on the line- 44 of Fig. 2.

The car body 1 is of any preferred form and is provided with a windowopening 2 in its end. A solid'window or closure 3 is provided of suchform and dimensions that it may fit closely within the window opening,and this window is secured to the car body by hinges 4 secured to an endof the window and to the inner sideof the car car body.

body so that, when the window. is open, 'it will swing against the innerside of the position, a bolt or other fastening 5 is provided at thatFedge thereof which is opposite the hinged edge and is adapted to engagea socket provided therefor in the body of the car, as will be readilyunderstood. Merely as a matter of convenience, I prefer to arrange thehinges at the lower edge of the window, as clearly shown in thedrawings,but it will be understood that the hinges may lie-arranged To hold thewindow in closed at the side of the window so that the latter' willswing laterally instead of vertically if preferred. To further securethe window in its closed position and effectually prevent its openingfrom the outer side of the car, a bar 6 is disposed across the windowand hasits ends removably engaged in eyes or other bearings 7'securedupon the car body at the sides of the window opening, as shown and aswill be readily understood. Upon theoulter side .of the car body aroundthe window opening, I securethe (low opening, as shown most clearly inFig.

30 weather strips 8 which project over the win- 4, whereby the window,when in closed position, will abut against the inner side of the weatherstr1p.- The closing movement 'of the window is thus limited so that thewindow cannot be swung to a position in which it will project beyond theside of the car.

and the parts are so proportioned that, when the bolt 5 is in lookingposition and the .bar 6 in place, the window will be held :1

closely against the weather stripand the entrance of water to the carwill be thus prevented. To shed rain and other forms of moisture, astrip 9 having its upper edge adjacent and abutting the upper edge ofthe lower member of the weather stripping frame 8, as shown in Fig. 4,

A ventilating w ndow frame 10 which may be of any convenient orpreferred construcby hinges 11 to the inner side of the car body at thatside of the window opening re-' mote from the hinges 4. While thepresent illustration shows this ventilatin frame as arran ed above thewindow opening, it will be un erstood, of course,.that it may be ar-.

beveled or convex is provided immediately .tion is provided, and thisframe is secured ranged atone side of the same without in volving any"departure from my invention;

A bolt or other fasteningl2 is mounted upon the inner side ofthecar'body immediately sometimes be desirable-to lower the ventilat;

below the window openin to engage the free end of the venti'latng framewhen it is in Powered position, as shown in Fig. 3, and when theventilating frame is in raised position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, itwill be held in such position by a latch l3, as will be readilyunderstood. To provide further security for the contents of the car, itmay ..Ji gly difficult to enter the car fro e and withdraw'the freight.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying draw- 'ings, it will be seen that I have provided an[exceedingly simple -window construction "whereby the contents ofthe carwill be protected against the weather and possible fire and the wi'hdowcannot drop onto the rails to cause derailment of the car and possiblyloss of life. Inasmuch as the window is arranged toopen inwardly, it isnot necessary to securecleats upon the outer'side of the car body tohold the-window in place and thecost of labor and material involved inthus securing the window is eliminated. It

,will also be seen that, inasmuch asthe window cannot be-opened from theouter side of the car, the use of seals is not necessary and the cost ofthe seals is saved and the users of the car are not subjected to theexpense of making records of the seal. In-

asinnchas the making of such records is eliminated, there is noliability to personal injury due to operatives. climbing over drawheadsto make the records and examine the seals. Inasmuch as the window cannotfall outwardly from the car, there is no chance of the train creworother persons being injured from fallin -windows and the window openingis so e ectually closed that the loss of freight by theft is prevented.-j -Having thus described the invention, I claim: I

-1. The combination of a car body having a window opening through itswall, animperforate closure adapted to free said opening hinged upon theinner side of the car body wall atone side of the opening, and aventilating frame adapted to free the window'opening' and-hinged uponthe inner side of the car body wall at the side of the .Win-

dow opening opposite the side of the open-' .ing at which theimperforate closure is 1 hinged.

2. Thecombinationwith a-car body hay-1 mg a window opening therein, ofan unper- 3 forate closure hinged upon the'inner side of the car bodyatone side of the window opening, means'for securing the said closure inclosed position, a ventilating frame hin ed upon the inner side of thecar body at t e opposite side of the window opening, means 'for securingsaid ventilating frame in'ope-n position, and means forsecuring the samein closed position. 1

In testimony whereof I Tafiixmysignature.

CHARLES F. MORGAN. 1. 8.

